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I'll be gettin the defcon1s bundle soon and want good airflow fans for the water cooler any recommendations ppl. Want a quite pc btw.
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What are the best fans.
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What size fans will your kit need? What radiator/s will you be using?
Fractal Design's new Venturi HP series fans are quite good, but I was not impressed with their older ones. Many Define case owners replaced them to get better case airflow with no increase in noise. I'm not sure
Phanteks are good. Ask anyone with one of their cases about the PH-F140SP. I doubt anyone will complain, and if they do it will be that they are not PWM fans. Their new PH-F120MP & PH-F140MP are looking very good. I have not used them much, but like them a lot.
Fractal Design's new Venturi HP series fans are quite good, but I was not impressed with their older ones. Many Define case owners replaced them to get better case airflow with no increase in noise. I'm not sure
Phanteks are good. Ask anyone with one of their cases about the PH-F140SP. I doubt anyone will complain, and if they do it will be that they are not PWM fans. Their new PH-F120MP & PH-F140MP are looking very good. I have not used them much, but like them a lot.
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What case are you going to be putting the bundle into?
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Scythe GT-1850. Can't buy them from retail any longer since they were discontinued but you can still pick one up from that popular auction site.
Great fans, I had 12 of them in my case at one point. Quiet even at full speed and silent when hooked up to a controller.
Great fans, I had 12 of them in my case at one point. Quiet even at full speed and silent when hooked up to a controller.
Yes, the legendary Nidec-Servo Gentle Typhoon fans are some of the very best available, and now the GT- 550-1850 and GT-2150 are now available in a PWM models too, making them even better. are probably the best fans available, and yes, they are again available. The are made by Nidec Servo and were sold by Scythe for years, but they had a parting of paths so Scythe no longer retails them. Other retailers stepped up and are now selling them. They can now be found by googling Gentle Typhoon. . You can get the specification sheet from Nidec-Servo here
Current retail models are:
DarkSide Gentle Typhoon Performance Radiator Fan - 2150rpm, 68cfm - Black Edition model# DS1225C12B6AP-60
DarkSide Gentle Typhoon Performance Radiator Fan (550-1850rpm) 58cfm - Black Edition PWM' model #DS1225C12B5ZPA-65
DarkSide Gentle Typhoon Performance Radiator Fan (550-1850rpm) 58cfm - Black Edition PWM' model #DS1225C12B5ZPA-65
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Gentle Typhoons
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I'm gettin the defcon1s bundle with a water cooler can't remember the name sorry. Case was ordered yesterday phantom 820 tech labs noise dampened jobby.
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The best fans, like most things in life, are the ones that cost a lot.
Yeah tell me about it lol just want a quite a pc.my 2 470,s done my head in with the noise lol. But my new 970 has hardly any noise at all.
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Ek vardar for radiators.
Nidec-Servo Gentle Typhoons are universally considered to be better than Vardars.
EK is still having issues with their Vardar fans .. vibration, motor/PWM whine, blades creating harmonic noise, bearing noise, etc. While some of these issues seem to be quality control, I believe some are design problems.
Sales history and customer comments speak for themselves.
- In Vardar fans the short life many buyers have complained and returned them.
- Gentle Typhoons have been around for years and years with almost no owners having any complaints or returns.